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Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Worst suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions: Are you insured for the holiday season?

Discover the most at-risk times of day, and suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions. It is a timely reminder to take time this silly season to ensure that your car insurance policy is the best fit for you.

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20 Dec, 2023

3 min read

Worst suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions: Are you insured for the holiday season?

Peter Terlato

Personal Finance Editor

Are you paying an insurance loyalty tax?

ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court last week, claiming some insurers used an algorithm to determine whether or not a customer might renew their policy at different premium levels.

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05 Sep, 2023

4 min read

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Car insurance premiums soar

Car insurance premiums have increased at a rate three times higher than inflation over the past year, new research has revealed.

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26 May, 2013

2 min read

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Boomers more accident prone than Gen Y

The “at-risk” generation Y group filed fewer than 10 percent of all claims in the past three years. By comparison, baby boomers accounted for almost 40 percent of all claims made in the same period.

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10 May, 2013

2 min read

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Driving change in gender bias

Forget the stereotype; women are safer behind the wheel than male drivers, new British research has revealed.

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21 Sep, 2012

3 min read

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Cars with the worst safety records

Porsche drivers could be three times more likely to be involved in an accident on the road than Daewoo drivers, research suggests.

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16 May, 2012

3 min read

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Young drivers paying less to insure

Despite a long-held belief that young drivers make more claims on car insurance and pay the highest premiums, new research has revealed that the cost for young people to insure a vehicle is falling.

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22 Apr, 2012

3 min read

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Vehicle theft more common than you think

Did you know a vehicle is stolen every eight minutes somewhere in Australia? And between January and September 2010, 33,482 cars were stolen across the country. That's the frightening statistic in a recent report from car insurer Budget Direct.

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14 Apr, 2011

3 min read

Vehicle theft more common than you think

Laine Gordon

Money Editor

South Australia top state for car owners

South Australia is arguably Australia's friendliest state for drivers. The Virgin Car Insurance study, which compared the costs of car insurance, petrol, parking and tolls as well as theft, revealed Adelaide as the most driver-friendly city in Australia

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30 Mar, 2011

3 min read

South Australia top state for car owners

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

20 Dec, 2023

Worst suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions: Are you insured for the holiday season?

Peter Terlato

Personal Finance Editor

05 Sep, 2023

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Alex Ritchie

Worst suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions: Are you insured for the holiday season?

Peter Terlato

Are you paying an insurance loyalty tax?

Laine Gordon

Car insurance premiums soar

Laine Gordon

Boomers more accident prone than Gen Y

Laine Gordon

Driving change in gender bias

Laine Gordon

Cars with the worst safety records

Laine Gordon

Young drivers paying less to insure

Laine Gordon

Vehicle theft more common than you think

Laine Gordon

South Australia top state for car owners

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